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It's funny but I always had the feeling Steve's Gran might have been his Dad's Mum, I suppose because she and Millie are quite disparaging about his Mum. But then there would have been no reason for them to have heard from Kathy if that had been the case. I'm sure Millie says Kathy went to pieces after Steve's Dad died which does suggest she couldn't cope without him or his support.

I was re-reading Cobblers Dream recently and was surprised to find that the whole of that scene from "Day in the Sun" is there, almost word for word in places. I'd completely forgotten. In that version the Aunt who looks after Paul's Gran is actually her sister-in-law, so Paul's great aunt. They are Paul's mother's family as far as I can tell. Certainly she has taken Paul back and forth to them during his childhood. The history of Paul's father is a bit less clear. He says his Mum told him his Dad was killed in an accident at the steel works when Paul was about two but that his Gran later let slip that he had walked out on them and that she had lived for years, looking over her shoulder for a "living ghost".

Now that's intriguing, I think I'm going to use that. Tho I'd prefer his relatives to be his paternal grandmother and auntie and, this being a fanfic, I guess I can take poetic licence...

Thanks for your help, everyone. And, Loopy, it's way past time you wrote another story. I loved the holiday one.

I have another question now. Was the Christian name of Steve's grandmother ever mentioned? I decided to make Millie his paternal aunt so would prefer the paternal grandmother's name. That is, if anybody knows...

Next question: does anybody know when Steve's birthday was? (the character I mean, not the actor!) Just the month will do and I'm guessing, seeing as he's about a year older than Dora, he was born 1954...?

I want to set the scene for the day Kathy leaves the pit village so suddenly and Steve is about two years old.

on a similar tack-the two children in uncle joe-one was called jacky or jackie.i assume this was the little girl but i don't know what the other name is-can anyone help or is this another one to invent?

Follyfoot was a popular 1970s children’s TV programme co-produced by Yorkshire Television and TV Munich. Based on Cobblers Dream, written by Monica Dickens, the series had great drama, good storylines and was set in a beautiful location in Yorkshire. Starring Gillian Blake, Steve Hodson, Christian Rodska, Desmond Llewelyn and Arthur English, they played the well-loved characters of Dora, Steve, Ron, the Colonel and Slugger. And who can forget that catchy theme tune, The Lightning Tree, sung by The Settlers.